The new survey ranked countries based on visa refusal rates, passport power, green cards issued per 100,000 citizens, and online immigration-related searches per 10,000 people
The most challenging countries to move to the US from 2025 have been revealed, mostly on the same continent.
The study, conducted by Brooks' law firm, analyzed several factors that influence the difficulties of immigration from various countries. This new study is because the United States is reassessing the immigration law led by President Donald Trump. Countries received scores based on four visa refusal rates, passport power, green cards issued per 10,000 citizens, and four key metrics: immigration-related online search per 10,000 people.
The higher the score, the greater the country's immigration challenge. Data were collected between January and March 2025 from official US government sources, passport indexes, and search analyses.
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Rwanda has been appointed the country that will be the hardest to move to the US from 2025. This is mainly due to limited visa refusal rates and green card allocations. African countries ruled the list, making up eight of the top 10.
Recently, the US has released an updated list of visa waiver programs, excluding all 54 African countries, while allowing visa-free access to 40 countries from Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Algeria came in second, followed by Guinea, Burundi and Senegal. Uzbekistan broke the patterns of African countries and ranked sixth. Uzbekistani citizens face a 64.41% B visa refusal rate.
Gambia, Benin, Uganda and Kenya rounded out the top 10. The survey shows that Kenyan citizens have overwhelming interest in US immigration, with 2,610 searches, a much higher figure among all countries surveyed. Sadly, they also face a high visa refusal rate of 63.32%.
Tensions were high as the Trump administration cracked down on undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Last month, ICE agents deported hundreds of migrants to El Salvador.
These individuals are members of Venezuelan gangster Tren de Aragua, whose removal is part of the administration's broader efforts to deport “the worst criminals.”
The administration also cracked down on student protesters. The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student and legal permanent resident at Columbia University, marked the first in a string of arrests by ICE in recent weeks.
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